Amer Al Akel
Born in Damascus, Syria (1987)
Based in Berlin, Germany

Education

  • 2022 Meisterschüler (Postgraduate Master Class), Prof. Hannes Brunner, Weißensee Academy of Art, Berlin-Germany

  • 2021 MFA/Diploma, Weißensee Academy of Art, Berlin, Germany

  • 2019 École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, Class of Prof. Abraham Cruzvillegas, Paris-France

  • 2010 BA Visual Communications, Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University, Syria

Prizes, Scholarships & Nominations

  • 2023 Art Exchange Program Grant, ACC (Asian Culture Center), South Korea

  • 2023 Karin Abt-Straubinger foundation Art Prize, Stuttgart, Germany

  • 2019 DAAD Prize for Outstanding Achievements, Weißensee Academy of Art, Berlin, Germany

  • 2018 Mart Stam Scholarship / Deutschlandstipendium, Berlin, Germany

  • 2017 Nominated for The Jameel Prize 5

  • 2011 Young Artist Grant, British Council, Damascus, Syria

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2022 "Morning nightmare" one day Art intervention at Lobe Block Berlin - Germany

  • 2021 "Invisible Cages" Curated by Khaled Barakeh at coculture space - Berlin. Germany

  • 2015 "1kg of soil" at KUNSTHALLE EXNERGASSE. Vienna - Austria

Exhibitions

2024

  • "Art Auction 12," Gallery Weserhalle, Berlin, Germany

  • "GASTSPIEL," Gallery ABTART, Stuttgart, Germany

  • "BRÜCHE," Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin, Germany

2023

  • Art presentation, ACC (Asian Cultural Center), Gwangju, South Korea

  • "Luftgrenzen," Gallery KA32, Berlin, Germany

2022

  • "HUMAN ELECTRICITY," Curated by Dr. Almut Hüfler & Ralf Schmerberg, Mahalla, Berlin, Germany

  • "Morning Nightmare," Art intervention, Lobe Block, Berlin, Germany

2021

  • "IPSO FACTO," Group show, Kühlhaus Berlin, Curated by Birgit Effinger and Michaela Richter, Berlin, Germany

  • "Das Ich im Wir," Group show, Galerie im Saalbau, Curated by Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa, Berlin, Germany

  • "Invisible Cages," Solo exhibition, Curated by Khaled Barakeh, coculture space, Berlin, Germany

2020

  • "ART IN ISOLATION," Middle East Institute, Washington, DC, USA

  • "STATE OF THE ART," Galerie Postel, Hamburg, Germany

  • "LICHTBLICK," Group video exhibition, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany

  • "That's Not Life Anymore," Group exhibition, Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, Germany

2019

  • "Lost in Translation," Collective exhibition, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium

  • "RUNDGANG," Annual exhibition, Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, Germany

  • "Qu'est-ce que tu fais?" Beaux-Arts de Paris - Melpomène, Paris, France

  • "A Journey of Belonging Part II," CAA Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2018

  • "In Between," Galerie Postel, Hamburg, Germany

  • Annual exhibition, Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, Germany

  • "Tun und Lassen," Modular+ Space, Berlin, Germany

2017

  • "A Journey of Belonging," CAA Gallery, Berlin, Germany

  • "Translation // Le Vent Nous Portera," Curated by Dr. Christine Nippe, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany

  • "Soap is Good" by Amer Akel & "Le Jour de la Gloire" by Anri Sala, Kurt Kurt Space, Berlin, Germany

  • "Sans Papiers - Das Leben ist eine Reise," Dinner-Lecture, Curated by Simone Zaugg and Pfelder, Kurt-Kurt Space, Berlin, Germany

  • "Kunst um die Moorwiese," Bad Saarow, Brandenburg, Germany

2016

  • "70 Square Metres," Goethe-Institut Damascus in Exile, Collective Exhibition, Berlin, Germany

  • "City in Transformation," Video Art Program, Kunsthochschule Halle, Germany

2015

  • "I Will Never Get Used to Wait," TYS, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • "VideoFormes Fest," Clermont-Ferrand, France

  • "At the Plague," Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden

  • "1kg of Soil," Solo Show, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

  • "I Will Never Get Used to Wait," Curated by Abir Boukhari, Hinterland Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2014

  • AIVA International Video Art Festival, Stockholm, Sweden

2012

  • "Mosaic," Collective Exhibition, AllArtnow Space, Damascus, Syria

2011

  • "In Need," Collective Exhibition, AllArtnow Space, Damascus, Syria

  • "Open Day," Collective Exhibition, AllArtnow Space, Damascus, Syria

2009

  • "Blood Donation," Collective Exhibition, Damascus, Syria

2008

  • Collective Exhibition, NIASD (Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies), Damascus, Syria

Artist Residencies

  • 2023 Art Residency, Karin Abt-Straubinger Stiftung, Stuttgart, Germany

  • 2015 Art Residency, KUNSTHALLE EXNERGASSE-WUK, in collaboration with AllArtnow, Vienna, Austria

Special Training

  • 2011 "Studio1" Informal School on Contemporary Art, AllArtnow in collaboration with British Council, Damascus, Syria

  • 2009 "Video Art and Short Film" Workshop, Directed by Filmmaker Faisal Kourashi, British Council, Syria

  • 2008 "Acrylic Painting" Workshop with Dutch Artists, NIASD (Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies), Damascus, Syria

Publications

  • 2019 Featured in Lost in Translation, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium

  • 2017 Featured in TRANSLATION // Le vent nous portera, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany

  • 2015 Featured in KUNSTHALLE EXNERGASSE // KEX Residenz, Vienna, Austria